Local development integrated with centralized authentication providers

[mikhail-turilin-dfinity]

Problem I am a developer and I'm building an application that uses identity For example, my app (TikTok clone) needs these identity services

• Authentication
• Verified attributes: age, phone# and country

Solution options Option 1: Deploy on the MainNet and test

• [+] All infra is set up
• [–] Hard to debug

Option 2: Re-deploy all identity services on the local machine

• [+] Easy to debug
• [–] Hard to set up

Option 3: Be able to use identity services from the MainNet with the app deployed on the local machine

• [+] Easy to debug
• [+] All infra is set up

Links

• https://dfinity.atlassian.net/browse/IC-225

[marydwyer]

Notes from 12/6/22 Identity & Auth WG:

• Option 1 & Option 2 - familiar to web 2 developers
• Devnet and Option 3 - preferred option